Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 07, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ukrainian film upsets quiet of museum 23 Bob Swift announces sudden retirement jury reverses Eaton robbery conviction 7 strikes threats grip province Hera scope 28 new Maverick ready to Saddle up once again 27 Carter s water policy stresses conservation 36 9v r 52-ss for people 23-33 letter Jumble 58 movies 33 Tel evista 31 weather g free press weather report from final Cloudy Tow 7, High 17 Sun rises sets . Moon rises . Sets . Vol.85 210 wednesday june 15 cents with coloured comics a photo supporters of California s proposition 13 celebrate their Victory tuesday night in los Angeles. Californians vote to Cut tax los Angeles a californians fed up with soaring property taxes gave landslide approval to a billion property tax Cut. Howard Jarvis the 75-year-old _ prime mover behind the state s prop erty tax revolt told cheering sup porters the Victory of proposition 13 will touch off a tax revolt. Proposition 13, which will Cut prop erty taxes statewide by an average of 57 per cent won by an almost 2-to-l margin. The measure prompted what might be a record primary election turnout More than 70 per cent in los Angeles and other Urban areas. The primary also saw gov. Edmund Brown easily win renomination Over eight unknowns in the demo cratic governorship primary. He will face state attorney general Evelle younger the Victor in a four Way Republican race. Younger s main opponent was former los Angeles police chief de Davis. Proposition 13 might be a Factor in november s race Between Brown and younger. In polls taken before the primary younger who supported the tax Cut had moved nearly even with Brown who opposed it. Brown who in recent Days acknowledged proposition 13 appeared headed for Victory said the vote result showed the people want a spirit of austerity and that s what i m going to the Man the hour was clearly Jarvis co Luthor of proposition 13. He blew kiss and grasped hands of elated admirers at a Celebration for what he called the greatest Victory in the history of the state of califor let s begin tomorrow to take our tax Victory across the Jarvis said. Jarvis a former newspaper pub Lisher who now is executive Secretary of a los Angeles apartment owners association led the petition drive which collected 1.5 million signatures to put the tax Cut initiative on the bal lot. The measure limits property tax rates now averaging 2.5 per cent to one per cent reducing the average Homeowner s tax Bill to a year from the current poll Taherah Are ecstatic of a fall election by Victor Mackie staff correspondent Ottawa liberals elated Over the latest Gallup poll which shows their party once again leading the Progress Ive conservatives in speculating today that this would encourage prime minister Trudeau to Call an election this fall. The conservatives while naturally disappointed that they had slipped were nevertheless pleased that the poll result would persuade the prime minister to continue As Leader of the Liberal party and not step Down. After the Lasty Gallup poll when the two parties were tied pressures were building in favor of a Liberal leadership convention. These will now Abate. The pcs would rather run in the next election against a Liberal party led by Trudeau than a Liberal party revived under a new Leader such As John Turner. The conservatives were also taking some Solace from the fact they had slipped into second place As they would prefer to enter the Campaign As underdogs rather than in the Lead or. Even tied with the liberals. Liberals Are now wishing the prime minister had called the general election for late june or july 10 As they had expected. If the Liberal party was now into an election it would be Riding a favourable tide according to the Gallup poll plans Ontario and Toronto. The Gallup poll showed liberals and conservatives tied for 41 per cent each. The latest Gallup poll shows the liberals with 43 per cent and tories with 39 per cent. The liberals Are up two Points and the conservatives Are Down two Points. The new democratic party comes out with a one Point gain. In april the nip had slipped to 14 per cent. Today they Are at 15 per cent. But in the february poll they had 17 per cent. Federal by elections have been called for oct. 16. If the prime minister decides to go in the fall he would Likely pick that Date. That would mean tide according to me a up Rou. Nans for a general election were cancelled by he would seek dissolution of Trudeau when the Liberal party s Pri vate polls showed it falling behind poll Page 4 High enough Price tells Las minimum wage to stay at by Mary Ann Fitzgerald Donan wanted to know when Between and Cabinet members were going to get off their Butts and raise the wage Frozen shortly after the conserva Tives took office last october. The former new demo cratic party government had t acted either on a recommendation from the prov Ince s minimum wage Board for an increase received in the summer of 1977. During More than six hours of debate on the labor Manitoban earning the province s minimum wage won t get an increase until the Economy gets Back on a sound track labor minister Norma Price said tuesday. She told the legislature s committee of Supply the minimum wage rate which has remained at an hour for 21 months is High enough at the Peter Fox nip Kil r department s million estimates for the year Price gave no indication of when the province might boost the rate while the opposition la belled the government s stand criminal and Jinhu she continued to maintain that the province s minimum wage must be kept competitive with that in other prov inces and bordering states and that an increase now would make Manitoba s rate too Price said the conserve .95 to be Racut a. Cap ote of 140 to 150 mite an hour. Formula Atlantic car race runs into Fol Lorama skid by Steve Fona a formula Atlantic car race one of h being sponsored in North America this year by Labatt s brewery has pro posed for a makeshift course near Winnipeg stadium this summer. Bet Organ ism said tuesday the event Wal cd be pm cuffed Tess a Date can be found in to Book tie that Dees net ;